08.01.11
Amy Johnson
757-864-7022/272-9859 (mobile)
amy.johnson@nasa.gov
Busch Gardens Communications Office
757-253-3369
bgwpr@buschgardens.comRELEASE: 11-069
EXPLORE SCIENCE, SPACE AT BUSCH GARDENS WILLIAMSBURG
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Ride the world's tallest floorless dive coaster,
meet an astronaut and "fly" a NASA airplane during NASA Days at Busch
Gardens this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5-6.
For the fourth year in a row Busch Gardens Williamsburg and NASA
Langley Research Center are collaborating to engage the public in the
excitement of science and space exploration.
Former astronaut Susan Kilrain will talk with visitors twice daily at
11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Globe Theatre. Kilrain was a mission
specialist on two shuttle missions and logged more than 900 hours in
space. She will sign autographs near Das Festhaus in between
presentations.
At a variety of NASA booths, guests will have the opportunity to learn
how astronauts live, eat and work in space. They'll also be able to:
touch a real shuttle tire and moon rock; use a solar telescope; play
games for prizes; build a comet; discover Mars; and take home a
souvenir photo of themselves as an astronaut.
Park guests will also be able to "take off and land" an aircraft
through the NASA X-Plane Flight Simulator experience.
For more information on NASA Exploration Day at Busch Gardens, go to
http://www.buschgardens.com/va.
Media who wish to cover NASA Exploration Day should contact the Busch
Gardens communications department at bgwpr@buschgardens.com or (757)
253-3369.
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment operates 10 parks across the U.S.
including SeaWorld parks in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio; Busch
Gardens parks in Tampa, Fla. and Williamsburg; Discovery Cove and
Aquatica in Orlando; Sesame Place near Philadelphia, Pa.; and water
parks Adventure Island in Tampa and Water Country USA in
Williamsburg.
The 10 parks play host to 25 million guests each year and employ
26,000 people nationwide. To learn more, visit
www.SeaWorldParksandEntertainment.com or call toll-free (888)
800-5447. Additionally, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment created the
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, a non-profit, private
charitable foundation committed to supporting wildlife and habitat
conservation, research, education and animal rescue programs
worldwide. Learn more at SWBG-ConservationFund.org.

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